67 motifs match “rescued”  ·  back to the chapters

• Moon falls into pit but is rescued by man. A754.1.1
• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Drowning man rescued by siren. B53.1
• Lion rescued from snake: thankful. B374.1
• Stolen child rescued by animal nurse. (Cf. B535.) B543.3
• Abandoned child rescued by dog. B549.3
• Tabu: revealing dragon-fighter's identity. Dragon-fighter forbids princess whom he has rescued to tell who he is. C422.1
• Transformed mother called by her child. Comes and is rescued. D792
• Rescued princess leaves her necklace behind in flight; hero returns for it and is left in underworld. F102.3
• Unbaptized child stolen by fairies found in barn and rescued. F321.3.1
• Woman rescued from mountain-men. F460.4.4.1.1
• Victims rescued from swallower's belly. (Cf. X1723.1.) F913
• Smith swallowed by water-monster and rescued by saint. F913.1
• Man is rescued from devil by baptism. G303.16.6
• Identification by shred of garment of rescued princess used as bandage for wound. H118
• Girl rescued by skillful companions: to whom does she belong? H621.2
• The rescuers' Sabbath. A Jew, fallen into a pit, refuses to be rescued on Saturday, his Sabbath. The next day he calls for help but the Christians refuse to rescue him on Sunday, their Sabbath. J1613
• Thief of deer cuts it up and keeps counting pieces. Rescued by wife. J2136.5.3
• Thief as umpire in contest. Three men are quarreling over the possession of a rescued girl. The umpire will give her to the one who soonest returns with the arrow he shoots. While they run, he takes the girl. K342
• Respite from death while one plays the bagpipe. Rescued. K551.3.5
• Thumbling in animal's belly persuades latter to go to his father's house for plunder: rescued. K565
• King in disguise as one of his own men rescued in fighting alone against four. K1812.19
• Impostors steal rescued princess. K1935
• Waves break caul of abandoned child. He is rescued. N655
• Hero captured by man he has formerly rescued: rewarded. N763
• God grants to saint the boon that two persons are to be rescued from hell by him "to the end of the world." Q174.1.1.3
• Queen forced to do menial service rescued by son. Q482.2.1
• Princess (maiden) rescued from captor. R111.1
• Princess rescued from robbers. R111.1.2
• Queen rescued from slavery. R111.1.6.1
• Princess rescued from undesired suitor. R111.1.9
• Maiden rescued from rakshasa. R111.1.11
• Princess rescued from captivity of elephant. R111.1.12
• Princess rescued from place of captivity. R111.2
• Princess(es) rescued from lower world. R111.2.1
• Stolen woman rescued from lower world. R111.2.1.1
• Princess rescued from giant's cave where she is fettered to a chair by the hair. (Cf. R41.5.) R111.2.3
• Princess rescued from temple where she is imprisoned. R111.2.4
• Girl rescued from tree. R111.2.5
• Girl rescued by traveling through air. R111.3.1
• Hero returns rescued princess to her betrothed. R111.4
• Girl rescued and then abandoned. R111.6
• Joint rescuers quarrel over rescued princess. R111.7
• Rescued person stolen from rescuer. R111.8
• Rescued woman stolen from rescuer by demon. R111.8.1
• Rescued woman stolen from rescuer by other men. R111.8.2
• Exposed or abandoned child rescued. R131
• Person pushed into well by wife rescued by cowherd. R131.3.3.1
• Children abandoned in a boat survive storm and are rescued. R131.15
• Vanished wife rescued. R133
• Hero rescued by his lady. R161.0.1
• Princess rescued by blind man restores his sight and marries him. R161.2
• Boys rescued from beasts by hermit. (Cf. N843, R131.10.) R169.2
• Hero rescued by servant. (Cf. P361, R53.4.) R169.4
• Hero rescued by friend. R169.5
• Hero's wife rescued by his faithful friend. R169.5.1
• Boy rescued by childless woman. R169.9
• Hero rescued by sailors. R169.12
• Child rescued by nurse. R169.13
• Rescued person horrifies rescuers: e.g., they swoon on seeing him. R188
• Daughter unwittingly promised to dog rescuer. (Cf. B620.1.) Without knowing that a dog has rescued her, the father offers her in marriage to her rescuer. S247
• Abandoned sister rescued by brothers. When she is refused entrance to house, she makes complaint in a song and brothers bring her clothes. S357
• Rescued animal threatens rescuer. W154.2.1
• Lion rescued from net by rat: eats rat. W154.3.1
• Man who has been rescued from pit tries to kill his monkey rescuer for food. W154.5.1.2
• Man rescued from drowning kills rescuer. W154.9
• Lie: man swallowed by fish and later rescued alive. X1723.1.2